Michael Cannon has posted this piece on the Cato blog concerning a Newt Gingrich adviser who's pushing states to create those Obamacare exchanges.

As you might have realized by now, I'm not a big fan of Newt.

He was pushing the individual mandate that lies behind Obamacare long before Mitt Romney.

In fact, Newt was pushing the mandate right up till he decided to run for president.

Cannon argues that if states refuse to set up those exchanges they can stop Obamare in its tracks. An excerpt:

State after state is refusing to implement ObamaCare’s health insurance Exchanges. Republican David Merritt hopes they will “grudgingly decide” to change their minds.

Merritt is a health care adviser to Newt Gingrich. He is also a senior adviser at Leavitt Partners. Leavitt Partners is a consulting firm that makes money by helping states implement ObamaCare. In the Daily Caller, Merritt tries to persuade state officials to help implement a law they oppose.

Merritt begins his pro-Exchange argument like so: “Imagine that you’re being required to buy a car.” Would you rather choose that car yourself, he then asks, or would you rather the dealer choose the car? Hmm, good question. I choose Option C: wring the neck of whoever is requiring me to buy a car. Not Merritt, though. He counsels states to choose their own “car.”

Read the whole thing. The opening of these exchanges is crucial to the success of Obamacare. If states refuse to do so, the president is going to have heck of a time trying to enforce that individual mandate.
Who will that president be? Not Newt. As for Mitt Romney, if he wins the race that's when the real fun begins.